Jan Matthys
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Haarlem |
| Netherlands | |
| Date of died | April 5,1534 |
| Died | Munster |
| Germany | |
| Job | Baker |
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| ID | 599708 |
Jan Matthys Life story
Jan Matthys was a charismatic Anabaptist leader of the Münster Rebellion, regarded by his followers as a prophet. Matthys was a baker in Haarlem, in the Holy Roman Empire's County of Holland, and was converted to Anabaptism through the ministry of Melchior Hoffman in the 1520s.
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